Garden bench



R. LUND GARDEN BENCH April 8, 1941.

Filed May 1, 1939 Patented Apr. 8, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARDEN BENCH Ruby Lund, Houston, Tex. Application May 1, 1939, Serial No. 271,096

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a garden bench.

An object of the invention is to provide a garden bench, or knee and arm rest, specially adapted for use while performing garden work.

An object of the invention is to provide an article .of the character described which may form a. knee and arm rest while working about plants or shrubs in the ground. The device may also be used as a convenient seat, when desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide an implement of the character described which is very light and can be readily moved from place to place, which at the same time is stron and durable and which is comfortable when in use and which may be cheaply constructed.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use, an example of which is given in, this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view.

Figure 2 shows a front elevational view, and

Figure 3 shows an end view.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference desig-- nate similar parts in each of the figures, the numerals I, 2 designate the end legs which may be of any selected height, preferably about three inches. At opposite ends these legs are beveled downwardly and outwardly, as shown, thus leaving the upper plane horizontal supporting margins on which the ends of the kneeling board 3 are supported and to which said ends are secured in any preferred manner. Preferably, the maximum length of the end legs will be about eleven inches and the maximum width of the kneeling board about six inches. The kneeling board may be covered with suitable upholstering as 4, presenting an oval upper contour. Any suitable soft material may be used as a covering of the kneeling board for knee comfort.

Secured to the outer side of the leg I there is a standard 5. Its rear edge is flush with the corresponding end margin of the leg I and its upper margin is cut on the diagonal so as to extend horizontally and secured on this upper margin, or upper end, there is an arm rest 6 thereon which is also covered with suitable upholstery 1, or other soft material and is oval in contour. Its longitudinal axis is at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the kneeling board 3 so that when the gardener is kneeling on the kneeling board, the forearm may rest in a longitudinal position on said arm rest.

As is apparent from an inspection of Figures 1 and 3, the standard 5 inclines forwardly so as to position the arm rest in front of the knee rest. This will increase the possible forward range of the reach of the gardener by resting the arm on the arm rest.

Garden work can thus be easily carried on while the gardener is in a comfortable position without the knees of the gardener coming into contact with the ground, and soiling garments and without the usual discomforts resulting from. contact with the ground, particularly when it is cold and damp.

The bench may be made of any selected dimensions or material, the drawing and description disclosing only one form for illustrative purposes.

What I claim is:

1. An article of the character described comprising spaced end legs, a kneeling board whose ends are supported by said end legs, a forwardly inclined standard fixed to one of the end legs and extending above the kneeling board and an arm rest on the upper end of the standard disposed at right angles to the kneeling board.

2. An article of the character described comprising spaced end legs, a kneeling board whose ends are supported by said end legs, a forwardly inclined standard fixed to one of the end legs and extending above the kneeling board and an elongated arm rest on the upper end of the standard, the major dimension of the arm rest extending at right angles tothe major dimension of the kneeling board.

3. An article of the character described comprising end legs spaced apart, a kneeling board whose ends are supported by and secured to the end legs, an upstanding forwardly inclined standard fixed to one of the end legs and extending above the kneeling board and an arm rest on the upper end of the standard and offset forwardly from the kneeling board.

42. An article of the character described comprising spaced legs, a horizontally disposed kneeling board whose ends are supported by said legs, a forwardly inclined standard fixed to one of said legs and extending above the kneeling board, a horizontally disposed elongated arm rest on the upper end of the standard offset forwardly from the kneeling board, the major dimension of the arm rest extending at right angles to the major dimension of the kneeling board.

RUBY LUND, 

